St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-07
NKTE, THE UNDERSIGNED, CITIZENS

AI f.. THE UNDERSIGNED, CITIZENS
w and residents of the City of st. Paul
in the County of Ramsey and State of Mime,
sota do hereby associate ourselves together
as, and for a body corporate, under and pur-
suant to title one of chapter thirty-four of the
Statutes of the State of Minnesota, and for
that purpose we have and do hereby adopt
and execute the following Articles of Incor-
poration.
First-The name of this corporation shall
be the Metropolitan and Suburban Railway
company. The general nature of the business
of said corporation shall be the acquiring of,
constructing, equipping and operating lines
of railroad of the standard and narrow gauge,
and propelled by steam and other power,
within the counties of Ramsey and Dakota,
in the State of Minnesota, and in conducting
thereon and Herewith a general tranSpOrta-
ton business for the transportation of pas
sengers and freight for hire between any and
all the towns, cities and villages in said coun-
ties, and through and in and about said
towns, cities and villages.
The principal place of business of said cor
poration shall bein the City of St Paul, in the
County of Ramsey and State of Minnesota.
Second-The time of the commencement
of this corporation shall be the first Monday
in May, A. d. 1887, and said corporation
shall continue for fifty years thereafter.
Third-The amount of the capital stock of
said corporation shall be the sum of one
million dollars, and shall be paid in at such
times and in such manner as the Board of
Directors of said corporation shall designate.
Fourth-The highest amount of indebted
ness or liability to which said corporation
shall at any time be subject shall be five hun
dred thousand dollars. jr ai ...a-
Fifth-The names, and places of residence
of the persons forming this association and
Incorporation are: Maurice Auerbach, re-
siding at the city of st. Paul, county of Ram
sey, Minnesota; Albert Scheffer, residing at
the city of st. Paul, county of Ramsey, Min
nesota: l.. II. Maxfield residing at the city
of st. Paul, county of Ramsey, Minnesota
Dot,l rtiy, thn nj, p q Do,
county of Ramsey, Minnesota; Gorge L.
Beardsly, residing at the city of ST. Paul
county of Ramsey, Minnesota, and Joseph J.
McCardy, residing at the city of ST. Paul,
county of Ramsey, Minnesota So
Sixth-The first five: of the above named
persons shall form the fist Board of Direc-
tors of said corporation, and shall hold their
offices for the term of one year, and until the
which shall take place on the first Monday of
May in each year., commencing on the first
Monday Of May, A. ID. 1888. s1t .
The government of said corporation and
the management of its affairs shall be vested
in said Board of five Directors and in q Presi-
dent, Vice President, Secretary; Treasurer
and General Manager, who shall be elected
by said Board of Directors from their num-
Der, and who shall hold their offices for the
term of one year from the time of said cleo
ton.
Said Board of Directors, after the first
Board herein provided for, shall be elected
by the stockholders of said corporation at the
annual meeting Cf said corporation, and all
such officers and directors shall hold their
offices until the election and qualification of
their successors.
Seventh-The number and amount of shares
of the capital stock of said corporation shall
be ten thousand shares of the par value of
one hundred dollars each.
In testimony, whereof the above named in.
corporators have hereunto- set their hands
and affixed their seals at the City of ST. Paul,
in the County of Ramsey and State of Min
nesota, upon this 30th day of April, A. D..
1887. MAURICE AUERBACH, lSeal.]
ALBERT SCHEFFER, Seal.
L. II. MAXFIELD, ISeal.1
GEO. l.. BEARDSLY, lSeal.
PAUL MARTIN, ISeal[
JOSEPH j. NEARBY. tSeal.l
In presence Of
G. ID. O'BRIEN, Frr.
HENRY G.. MOOD. ...-.